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Review: Girl Asleep

Review by Emily Savage Illustration by Emily Savage Charmingly awkward, funny and with hallucinatory surrealness, Windmill Theatre Company’s Girl Asleep returns to the stage 5 years after its first performance. The play originally premiered at the 2014 Adelaide Festival before being adapted for the screen in a film described as a stylistic fusion of “Napoleon Dynamite”, […]

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Students Jana Humzy and Hanna Osborne are bringing charity and live music together for Adelaide’s…

Interview by Imogen Hindson Editor Imogen Hindson sat down with Adelaide University students Jana and Hanna, who are behind the organisation of Adelaide’s upcoming OXJAM event — a gig raising funds for climate change. We talked about the gig itself, the important work Oxfam is doing to eradicate global poverty, and the necessity of collective action in […]

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On Dit Twitter Once Again Goes Live For The Amusement Of 12 People

Maxim Buckley (we can’t find his birth certificate, his landline rings dead, all the letters we send are returned and even his alleged family won’t speak to us) reports. Graphic design by Maxim Buckley. Can you see it’s my passion? Wow, what a week. That certainly was really long and draining. Thank god who won did. […]

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Voters Astounded By Stupol Candidate Who Looks Like An Early 2000s Animated Fairytale Character

Maxim Buckley (definitely a real person) and Samantha Bedford (unconfirmed) report. With the change of the seasons being confusing and many students not yet knowing what to wear, it certainly is a confusing time on campus. It seems even the StuPol candidates haven’t been immune to this. Earlier this week, Electi-On Dit witnessed shirts and […]

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Supreme Clothing To Be Banned In Hub Central

Anonymous reports. In a cruel twist of fate, students wearing items from a prolific New York skating brand will be temporarily banned from the hub, Returning Officer rules in a landmark decision. The Returning Officer™ has actually responded to an election complaint by enacting a swift course of action. The ruling follows alleged sightings of […]

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Student That Came In For Their 1 Contact Hour This Week Given Stark Reminder Why They Do The…

Maxim Buckley (definitely a real person), and some chick called Sam Bedford, reports. 21-year-old Amy Smith, a third-year university student and a now veteran of student elections, was once again given her yearly reminder as to why she goes to uni as little as possible. Amy, who was already late for class, was assailed on […]

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RCC Statistics Breakdown

Analysis by Maxim Buckley Below are the results from a student survey conducted earlier this year with regard to 2019’s RCC operating at the University of Adelaide. The data, in general, is seemingly pretty clear cut. Overall, 42% of students had a positive experience, 37% had a negative experience and 21% were unsure. The report […]

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AUU Meeting (August 19): The Ramsey Centre

Maxim Buckley reports. The 19th of August 2019 was a historic day for the Adelaide University Union (AUU), its representatives and the students at the University of Adelaide. The air was heavy with anticipation. Right wing members of the board were to raise a motion regarding the introduction of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, […]

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Leaders or Leeches — a comparison between MPs and seminar group members

Words by Felix Eldridge While many people would like to brand politicians as being out of touch with their electors, there are some clear and startling similarities between MPs and university students in seminar groups. Art by Emily Savage 1: The Alpha You have the natural leaders of the table group: the ex debaters and the […]

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Callum Neilson on his Bad Habits

Interview by Maxim Buckley Poster by Brayden Wilkinson Where did the idea to start Bad Habits come from? Why a band night in Adelaide? I guess when it comes to something like this, it’s the kind of thing that everyone would love to do. I don’t necessarily mean to start a band night in Adelaide, […]